Lead Planner

This job description is a general description of the essential job functions and is not intended to be an employment contract. Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. maintains its status as an at-will employer. Position requirements, skills, and abilities included in this job description have been determined to be the minimal standards required to successfully perform the position. Eastern Shipbuilding Group Inc. reserves the right to increase, waive or reduce these minimal standards. In no instance, however, should the duties, responsibilities, and requirements described be interpreted as all-inclusive. All employees of Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. are expected to perform the duties as assigned by Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc., supervisory/management personnel, regardless of job title or routine job duties. Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

To perform this job successfully, an individual is expected to be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability expected. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. However, no accommodation will be made which may pose serious health or safety risks to the employee or others or which imposes undue hardship on Eastern Shipbuilding.

Functions

Responsible for day-to-day planning leading the implementation detail planning for the work-related Craft, including the development of the Integrated Master Schedule and quantifiable backup detail inputs including the development of work packages, logical relationships, resource loading, integration with other IPT plans, Critical Path Analysis, and change management.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities: Because Eastern Shipbuilding is continually growing to meet the needs of our customers, the essential duties and responsibilities may be different than described.

• Regular attendance at work and the ability to work flexible hours, including overtime, weekends, and holidays.
• Works independently and is accountable for CDRLs related to the assigned project.
• Mentors and coaches’ planners, other departments, and CAMs in EVMS processes and work instructions.
• Provides On the Job training to EVM Specialists and other stakeholders
• Identifies and participates in process improvements for the department.
• Develop process work instructions.
• Develop LOE support work packages/work orders, for support groups to support the master schedule.
• Develop work packages/work orders, for support groups to support the master schedule based on drawings and CAM inputs
• Develop work packages/work orders detail steps
• Develop work packages/work orders logic, justifications (lag and high duration)
• Generate, monitor, and maintain work package changes driven by ECNs or ECPs.
• Develop the basis of estimates for work packages based on standards and actual performance
• Design and create planning staffing models that provide the best optimization of labor, cost, and efficiency.
• BCR coordination, completion, and workflow.
• Perform work in accordance with ESG’s ISO standards, Planning and Scheduling Excellence, and EVMS system description.
• Implement BCRs with schedulers in P6.
• Assist CAMs with schedule, labor, and Subcontractor Management planning.
• Assist/Create, Run Reports Weekly/Monthly
• Maintain High Standards in planning quality
• Support CAMs in VAR Analysis.
• Coordinate planning for multiple projects within the craft.
• Identify cross craft dependencies.
• Communicate with CAMs to determine updates of assigned work.
• Expedite operations that delay production schedules and alter schedules to meet unforeseen conditions.
• Ensure the smooth and cost‐efficient flow of production operations through information management and sharing.
• Provide information needed for Earned Value Management reporting.
• Regular attendance at work and the ability to work flexible hours, including overtime, weekends and holidays.

Supervisory Responsibilities: This position has no formal supervisory responsibility. Travel is primarily local during the business day, although some out-of-area and overnight travel may be required.

Reporting Relationship

This position will report to the Planning and Scheduling Supervisor.

Requirements/Qualifications

Education/Experience: Required:

• BA/BS Degree in Business Administration, Management, Construction, or Engineering.

An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

Required Experience

• 5 or more years of experience as Planner or related field
• Trade experience and an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered. 
• Experience with Primavera P6 or other Scheduling Software in a resource-loaded EVMS Schedule. 
• Experience in industrial engineering, shipbuilding, and production processes
• Experience leading teams performing assessments of schedules and other project control data and communicating priority findings to clients. 
• Experience with planning management in an EVMS with IBR and Surveillance support understanding and the ability to design and deliver planning training.

Certifications Required:

• Control Account Manager certification

Desired experience

• Project Management support
• Cost Accounting background
• Experience working in a manufacturing or shipbuilding environment and government contract work.
• Experience working in drawing and modelling software.

Skills:

Proficiency in:

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Advanced Microsoft Suite experience including Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
• Working knowledge of various web-based design and collaboration tools.

Ability:

• Multi-task and prioritize tasks with strict deadlines.
• Effectively present information and respond to questions from management.
• Forge and sustain outstanding client relationships while managing multiple work streams.
• Work both independently and as part of the project team while exercising diplomacy and tact.
• Read, analyze, and interpret, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations
• Rapidly obtain, sort, filter, and analyze large volumes of data for distillation into high-level reports.
• Must be able to effectively communicate clearly with managers, office workers, and craft workers verbally and in writing.
• Ability to show initiative and innovation, adapt to ambiguous and fast-paced situations, and track, manage and prioritize multiple tasks.
• Demonstrate strong analytical and conceptual skills.
• Lead multi-system integrated product teams.

Desired: 

• Advance skills in data systems and/or Microsoft suite
• Advanced management and leadership skills
• Advance scheduling and planning skills
• Advanced process improvement skills
• Advanced data system and integration skills
• Project Management certification
• Leadership training
• Process Improvement Certification
• PMI Project Management Professional (PMI-PMP)
• AACE Earned Value Professional (EVP) certification
• AACE Planning and Scheduling Professional (PSP) Certification desired.

Behavioral Attributes:  

Required:

• Regular attendance at work and the ability to work flexible hours, including overtime, weekends, and holidays.
• Integrity, ethics, adaptability, initiative, interpersonal skills, attention to detail, safety conscious, and multi-tasking.
• Maintain the confidential integrity of details pertaining to Eastern Shipbuilding Group.
• Obtain and maintain a SECRET security clearance

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Physical:

• This position is an office position
• Characteristics an employee encounters changes while performing the essential functions of this job.
• Routine use of standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, and filing cabinets.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The employee may be exposed to the risk of electrical shock. The noise level in the environment is low to moderate, such as in an office environment.

We are equal opportunity/affirmative action employers, committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under state or local law.